The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-31

| that Jones acUed IN SeI-Oe1eilse. Juu5o
Steele promptly discharged him.
For a few days party Of strange negroes
have been camping little out OF Tavares.
On Monday one Of them was rather deliri-
Gus vita fever ana Uold some OF his com
panions that hedevil was coming after him
that night. He disappeared, and no trace
of him was found until Tuesday morning,
when his cap was found on the shore OF Lake
Dora. Wednesday morning his body was
discovered on the surface short distance
from the shore. A jury of inquest was
summoned who, after viewing the body and
obtaining all possible evidence, decided that
he came to his death by drowning while
laboring under temporary insanity.
During the thunder shower on Sunday,
lightning struck two houses in Eustis. Dr.
7. J. Williamson's house was slightly in
jured, and the house occupied by Rev. j. II.
Potter pastor of the Presbyterian church,
was destroyed by fire ignited by bolt of
lightning The flames burned steadily, al
though It was raining hard at the time.
The house filed with smoke TO such an cx-
tent that it was impossible to save any of
its contents with the exception of O portion
of Mr.. Potter's library The members of
the family had removed to another part of
the house but few minutes before that
part Of it they had been occupying was
struck.
Thomas Duane, blacksmith at the Jack
sonsonville, Tampa and Key West railway
shops at Palatka, met with a serious acct
dent yesterday. Mr. Duane, assisted by
another smith, was punching a hole through
piece of iron on an anvil. The punch be-
coming fixed in the iron Mr.. Duane struck
at it with the sledge hammer and the punch
came out with considerable force, striking
the gentleman in the right eye and tearing
the eyebnll entirely ont. A witness to the
accident stated Mr.. Duane treated the mat
ter very coolly and didn't seem to notice
the pain at all. Mr.. Duane had the same
eye injured some time ego and the ball
taken out and piece of steel removed from
it. A physician soon arrived and dressed
the wound and at last accounts the man
was getting on all right.
On Tuesday, July 49, party of thirty or
forty persons gathered at Brewer lake, in
the edge of Lafayette county for a picnic
and fish fry. SEEMING was adopted as the
method of providing the fish and two large
seins were spliced together for this purpose.
John II. jackson held one of the
slaves and had exerted himself in
swimming with the weight attached to his
position until his strength failed him when
he sank and called for help. His cry for
help excited those present SO much that no
intelligent, or at least no effective means
were employed to assist him, and he quickly
drowned in water but few inches beyond
his depth. His remains were inferred the
day after at Macedonia church Mr. Jack
son was one of the best citizens of his neigh
borhood and a son-in-law of Rev. II. NJ.
Friar.
The following civil appointments have
been made during the week: William p.
Morgan, to be Justice of the Peace in and
for Osceola county: w. j. Sears, to be
Superintendent of Public Instruction in and
for Osceola county; Wv. Boyd, to be Coun-
ty Commissioner in and for Putnam county;
j c. Stapp, to be County Commissioner in and
for Sumter county; James w. Fleming, to
be Judge in and for Citrus county; w. S.
Warner, G. S. Reynolds, Robert S. Pring;e
to be NotarieS Public in and for the State;
n. p. Bishop, to be Tax Assessor in and for
PascO county; Bryant q. Granger, to be
Tax Assessor in and for DeSoto county;
James A. Grady, to be Sheriff in and for
Pasco county; II. H. Henley, to be Clerk
w. Roberts, to be County Treasurer
in and for Pasco county; w. A. Jones, to
be County Surveyor i'll and for Pasco
county; o. p. Keller, to be County Com
missioner in and for Citrus county; W. G.
Cassidy, to be County Commissioner in and
for Sumter county; r. B. Parker, to be
County Commissioner in and for Osceola
county; George Marquis, to be County
Judge in and for Santa Rosa county; Cecil
G.. Butt, to be Judge of Criminal Court in
and for Orange county; j. Hugh Murphy,
to be County Solicitor in and for Orange
county; F. b. Hagan, to be County
Treasurer in and for DeSoto county;
J. j. Harvey, to be County Surveyor in and
for st. Johns county; Andrew Aulin, to be
County Commissioner IN and for Orange
county; w. r. Nicks, to be County Com
missioner in and for fernando county; J.
w. Harwell to be Justice of the Peace in
and for Osceola county; w. r. Johnson,
to be County Judge in and for Osceola
county; ]. n. Bradshaw, to be Clerk Crimi-
nal Court in and for Orange county; Bud
2. Clark to be County Surveyor in and for
DeSoto county; Samuel p. Cook, to be Con-
stable In and for Nassau county; H. H.
Duncan, to he member of Board Of Educa-
ton of East Florida Seminary